Table 1 Statistical test results.
From: The place-cell representation of volumetric space in rats
Comparison | Test | Results | Fig. |
|---|---|---|---|
Proportion of total time along X & Y, arena | FT | χ2(1) = 0.08, p = 0.78, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.001 | Fig. 2b |
Proportion of total time along X & Y, aligned | χ2(1) = 1.00, p = 0.31, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.037 | Fig. 2b | |
Proportion of total time along A, B & C, tilted | χ2(2) = 1.50, p = 0.47, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.125 | Fig. 2b | |
Fields per cell, arena, aligned & tilted | KW | χ2(2) = 83.60, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.062 | Fig. 4b |
Fields per m3, arena, aligned & tilted | χ2(2) = 395.49, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.297 | Fig. 4c | |
Field volume, arena, aligned & tilted | χ2(2) = 63.10, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.037 | Fig. 4d | |
Field diameter, arena, aligned & tilted | χ2(2) = 7.30, p = 0.026, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.004 | Fig. 4e | |
Field elongation, arena, aligned & tilted | χ2(2) = 65.60, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.039 | Fig. 6b | |
Field elongation arena | WSR (compare to 1) | Z = 22.80, p < 0.0001, U3 = 0 | Fig. 6b |
Field elongation aligned | Z = 21.29, p < 0.0001, U3 = 0 | Fig. 6b | |
Field elongation tilted | Z = 17.29, p < 0.0001, U3 = 0 | Fig. 6b | |
Field sphericity, arena, aligned & tilted | KW | χ2(2) = 426.5, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.251 | Fig. 6c |
Field sphericity arena | WSR (compare to 1) | Z = −22.80, p < 0.0001, U3 = 1 | Fig. 6c |
Field sphericity aligned | Z = −21.29, p < 0.0001, U3 = 1 | Fig. 6c | |
Field sphericity tilted | Z = −17.29, p < 0.0001, U3 = 1 | Fig. 6c | |
Field length distributions, aligned | Multiple KS with Bonferroni | X vs Y: z = 0.05, p > 0.99 X vs Z: z = 0.09, p = 0.03 Y vs Z: z = 0.11, p = 0.003 | Fig. 6d |
Field length distributions, tilted | p > 0.2 in all cases | Fig. 6d | |
Autocorrelation aligned, X, Y & Z | FT | χ2(2) = 128.9, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.10 | Fig. 8a |
X vs Z & Y vs Z, p < 0.0001, X vs Y, p > 0.99 | |||
Autocorrelation tilted, A, B & C | χ2(2) = 1.4, p = 0.49, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.002 | Fig. 8a | |
Proportion of spatial information aligned, X, Y & Z | χ2(2) = 153.3, p < 0.0001, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.119 | ||
X vs Z & Y vs Z, p < 0.0001, X vs Y, p > 0.99 | Fig. 8b | ||
Proportion of spatial information tilted, A, B & C | χ2(2) = 1.4, p = 0.498, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.001 | – | |
Area under curve, aligned, X, Y & Z | χ2(2) = 9.1, p = 0.011, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.005 |  | |
X vs Y, p > 0.99, X vs Z, p = 0.047, Y vs Z, p = 0.017 | Fig. 8c | ||
Area under curve, tilted, X, Y & Z axes | χ2(2) = 4.7, p = 0.094, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.0039 | ||
Area under curve, tilted, A, B & C axes | χ2(2) = 2.8, p = 0.25, \(\eta _p^2\) = 0.0024 | ||
Median A, B & C: 4.74, 4.74. 4.51 | – |
